Paint Touches

Q: Any real positives that come out of tonight’s game or was tonight one of those games you’ve got to get rid of right away? Jae Crowder: We got a chance to build on it going into the tournament. Look at the mistakes we made and try to learn from it, so it’s a lot […]

Turnovers and offensive rebounds were the difference in No. 9 Marquette’s 84-71 loss to Louisville in the quarterfinals of the Big East Championship tournament on Thursday night. Marquette (25-7) turned the ball over 26 times and allowed the Cardinals (24-9) to grab 26 offensive rebounds in the loss. Both numbers were a season high in […]

Following a Senior Day win over Georgetown in which he finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and five steals, Jae Crowder said he was “on cloud nine.” But just when he thought his senior season couldn’t get any better, Tuesday afternoon the Big East announced Crowder had been awarded Big East Player of the Year. […]

Marquette has lost its last three games on Senior Night, and head coach Buzz Williams said he’s “not any good” at the post-game ceremonies, but having Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom should make both difficulties easier. “I think it’s hard to argue that those two guys are anything but lion chasers,” Williams said of his […]

Buzz Williams met with the media Friday afternoon and talked about the Georgetown game and what Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom have meant to him and the program.

A wise man once said, “A team should be a extension of the coach’s personality.” That man was none other than Al McGuire, the patron saint of Marquette basketball who routinely finished the phrase by saying: “my teams are obnoxious and arrogant.” More than 30 years have passed since the colorful warrior paced the sidelines, […]